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Humpback whales spend their summers feeding in cold, food-filled Arctic and Antarctic waters before swimming to warmer waters for the winter.

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Humpback Whales Going After Herring

May 2015

A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.

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Humpback Whale in Antarctic Waters

November 2015

A humpback whale breaching.

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Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

March 2014

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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

May 2012

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